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VOL. XI. NO. 249.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1913.
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Ambassador Chinda Instructed to
Insist That Treaty Is
Violated.
REFERENDUM PROPOSED
DISPLEASES ORIENTALS
This Government, It Is Revealed,
k Refuses to Test Alien Law in
'$• Supreme Court.
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TOKIO, May 22 —Emper
or Yoshihito of Japan was
taken seriously ill to-day
with inflammation of the
lungs. He has a high fever,
and eight court physicians
are constantly in attendance.
The Emperor has never had
a rugged constitution. He
ascended to the throne July
30 last, and is 34 years old.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
TOKIO, May 22.—The reply of the
United States Government to the rep
resentations of Japan relative to the
antt-plien land law In California is
considered unfavorable. This was
learned to-day at the Foreign Office.
Part of the reply to-day became
known. It denies any intended in
fringement of Japanese treaty rights.
The United States Government re-
. fused to initiate any action in the
Supreme Court to test the validity of
the action of the California legisla
ture and Governor Johnson, who
signed the law.
The Japanese government has sent
instructions to Ambassador Chinda to
press more vigorously the claims of
the Japanese.
In its communication to the Japan
ese Ambassador the Foreign Office
urges the necessity of impressing up
on Secretary of State Bryan Japan's
Interpretation of the existing treaty
between this country and the United
States.
Another feature of the reply which
1b distasteful to Japan Is the pro
posal to submit the anti-alien land
law to a referendum vote in Califor
nia
Chinda Gives Notice
He Will Renew Protest.
WASHINGTON, May 22.—Viscount
Chinda, Japanese Ambassador to the
United States, to-day served notice
on the State Department that next
week he will resume the official dis-
ou^iion of the controversy arising
from the California land law
It was learned that Ambassador
Chinda will take up the American re
ply at length when he calls upon Sec
retary Bryan. It Is understood here
that the Japanese official has received
Instructions from his Government to
lay particular stress upon the Japa
nese contention that the present sit
uation is an infringement on treaty
obligations.
Government dispatches from Tokio
to-day pointed out that the Japanese
Foreign Office considers the American
. reply to the Japanese protests as un
favorable, inasmuch as it denied the
right of the Orientals to hold land in
the United States, despite the existing
treaty.
Officials here say that this opinion
arises from the fact that the Japanese
do not understand the form of gov
ernment of this country and that the
States rights doctrine is ineompre-
hensible to the Orient.
It is admitted here that the Ameri
can reply was quite frank, as was the
protest of Japan, but administration
officials say there was no clause In
the entire note at which the Japanese
should take offense.
Wilson Orders
To Omit “War Talk.”
WASHINGTON, May 22.—Acting
under orders of President Wilson,
Representative Sisson of Mississippi
to-day went over the rough draft of
his speech on the Japanese situation,
to be delivered in the House to-mor
row, carefully expurgating all the
•‘war talk.”
The President warned Sisson that
the speech must contain nothing of
an incendiary nature, and Sisson is
editing out all remarks which are not
strictly musty and conventional, re
lating to the treaty-making powers of
the Federal Government as fixed by
products of the last 100 years.
Several Republican members have
threatened to question him about his
position on the question of an ade
quate navy,, and it is possible that
they fiery Southern orator may de
part altogether from his r»t speech
and plunge into a discussion of war
passages.
MODERATORS THANK THE GEORGIAN
FOR FAIR AND CORRECT REPORTS
The Atlanta Georgian is deserving of an
expression of thanks from the Presbyterian
Church for the capable and sympathetic re
ports it lias printed of the Assembly’s pro
ceedings. In behalf of the Presbyterian As
sembly, I wish to express my sincere appre
ciation for the fairness and correctness of
these reports.
JOHN TIMOTHY STONE, '
Moderator Northern Presbyterian Church.
J. S. LYON,
Moderator Southern Presbyterian Church.
H. M. RUSSELL,
Moderator United Presbyterian Church.
Bandits and Police
In Pistol Battle in
New York Streets
NEW YORK, May 22.—A running
fight In the streets of New York to
day accompanied a hold-up when
four armed Italian bandits attacked
James T. Wintress, a bank messenger,
who was carrying $10,000 in a car
riage from his bank to the Nathan
Manufacturing Company. Before Win-
tress* could produce a weapon he had
been twice wounded.
Sergeant Sheehan and Patrolman
Finnegan, the first officers on the
scene, opened fire on the robbers,
wounding two of them. The other
two fled, firing at the policemen with
rifles.
Wintress was taken to the Harlem
Hospital, where it was found his con
dition was critical.
Dynamiter Bares
Plot of Mill Men
BOSTON, May 22.—John J. Breen,
the undertaker who has confessed
that he distributed dynamite at Law
rence during the textile strike of
1912, again took the stand when the j
trial of President William Wood, of
the American Woolen Company, Fred
E. Atteaux and Dennis J. Collins,
charged with conspiracy to “plant''
the explosive, was resumed to-day.
Breen had charged that Atteaux
paid him $700 for his part in the
dynamite “plant" and that he was
offered $7,000 by Attorney Coakley
to settle suits brought against him
by persons in whose houses the dy
namite was planted.
Iowa Man Dying
As Walker Did
SIOUX CITY. IOWA, May 22.—
Small hope was entertained to-day
for the recovery of Robert Palmer, a
cattle salesman and member of a
prominent Iowa family, who swal
lowed three bichloride of mercury tab
lets.
He has been reading newspaper ac
counts of the slow death of B. S.
Walker, the Macon, Ga., banker, by
the accidental swallowing of the same
poison.
LABOR TROUBLES FORCE
AUTO FACTORY TO MOVE
BUFFALO, N. Y., May 22.—Wil
liam Knudsen, general manager of the
Buffalo branch of the Ford Motor
Company, has received orders direct
ing him to close down the plant and
ship the machinery and material on
hand to Detroit.
The order. Mr. Knudsen stated, is
the result of the strike of machinists
and other labor troubles in Buffalo.
Look
At This!
A large automobile
dealer in Atlanta
says he gels better
results in the auto
mobile columns of
The Georgian and
Hearst’s Sunday
American in the
“Want Ad" sec
tion than any adver
tising he has tried.
These little “ Want
Ad" tablets hit the
spot.
!
First Concert of
Year at Piedmont
Park Next Sunday
The first outdoor musical concert of
the season will be given in Piedmont
Park Sunday afternoon from 3:30 to
5:30 o’clock. Music will be furnished
by the Fifth Regiment Band.
“Whether these concerts will be
permanent depend on the action of
Council in providing funds,” said J. O.
Cochran," president of the park board.
“We can secure private subscriptions
if Council only will begin the move
ment.
“We hope to have music in Grant
and Piedmont Parks several times a
week and evdty Sunday through the
summer."
Boasts of Marrying
Jap to Yankee Girl
MINNEAPOLIS. May 22.—“I have
just married a Japanese to an Ameri
can, and done more for God and Uncle
Sam than your alien land bill will do
in 1,000 years."
This telegram was forwarded to
Governor Johnson of California by
the Rev. G. L. Morrill, after the min
ister had married Koso Maihorl and
Miss Bertha Royan, of Minneapolis.
Fool or Knave, Says Johnson.
SACRAMENTO. CAL., May 22.—
“That minister must be either a knave
or a fool,” gaid Governor Johnson,
commenting upon the telegram of the
Rev. G. L. Morrill, of Minneapolis.
Sunday Apologizes
To Schumann-Heink
SOUTH BEND, IND., May 22.—A
letter containing an apology for hav
ing called her a “cheap skate” was
mailed to-day by Evangelist “Billy”
Sunday to Madame Schumann-Heink.
Last night the preacher made a pub
lic statement apologizing to the sing
er.
Sunday's remark that Schumann-
Heink resented was made during a
sermon on "Mothers,” when he said
that “Melba, Calve, Fames and Schu-
mann-Heink are cheap skates com
pared with mothers.”
Madame Schumann-Heink is the
mother of eight children.
Steamer Blown Up
By Floating Mine
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
SMYRNA, ASIA MINOR, May 22. -
The French steamer Senegal was
sunk at the mouth of the Gulf of
Smyrna to-day by striking a floating
mine, planted for the Balkan war. A
large hole was torn 1n the bottom of
the vessel.
The first wireless report from th'
scene stated that all the crew and
passengers, as well as the mail cargo,
were saved. A second report, how
ever, stated that five persons on the
Senegal were killed and six wounded.
2 Fatally Shot in
Feud at Moultrie
MOULTRIE, GA., May 22 —J. M
Hornage and his 3on were fatally
wounded to-day by Jerry and James
Hart, sawmill men. The Homages, it
is alleged, waylaid the Harts several
miles from this city, but in the shoot
ing that followed both of the Harts
escaped uninjured.
The trouble is said to have been the
result of a recent timber deal be
tween the Harts and the Homages.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Local showers Thurs
day and probably Friday.
Son Near Death From
Kissing Dying Mother
Piedmont Bathing Season Opens
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AND QUITS
FORT SCOTT, KANS, May 22.—
Carl Heokenliable, a young farmer of
this county, is near death in a hos
pital at Wichita, as a result of kiss
ing his dying mother good-bye. The
mother died of blood poisoning. When
her physicians announced death was
approaching, her son embraced and
kissed her.
The next day the young man was
taken ill, eruptions appearing on his
body. Physicians pronounced the case
blood poisoning contracted by the
farewell kiss, and Heckenliable was
hurried to Wichita for treatment.
Declaring that Moderator Dr. J.
S. Lyons wa.s running the Southern
Presbyterian Assembly “with a steam
roller like a political convention,"
Dr. W. M. MePheeters. of Columbia,
S. C., chairman of the Committee
on Education and one of the leading
figures in the Assembly, resigned as
head of the committee, placed his re-
Dr. W. M. MePheeters Hotly Ac
cuses Dr. J. S. Lyons of Using
“Steam Roller” Methods.
SWIMMING RULES.
The lake will be open from 5
o’clock until sundown on week
days. Sundays, from 6 to 8 o’clock
in the morning, both men and
women will be permitted in the
lake. It will be closed until 2
p. m., and from then until sun
down only men will be allowed to
enter.
No swimming or boating will
be permitted at night.
No private craft will be allowed
on the lake.
Two-piece bathing suits must
be worn, white and silk suits
being prohibited.
No lounging around the lake in
bathing suits will be permitted,
and everyone must use the regu
lar entrance.
Fair Mermaids First to Take Dip
500 Enjoy Fresh, Clear Water
Miss Lillian
Smith
and
Miss Frances
Smith,
47 Piedmont
Place,
among those
who opened
Swimming
season at
Piedmont Park
Thursday
port in the hands of the clerk, and
retired from the deliberations of the
body.
Dr. MePheeters’ action came at the
close of a lengthy dispute over par
liamentary law with the moderator,
touching upon his right to propose a
substitute to the minority reptfrt of
the committee on the Federal Coun
cil of Churches.
Twice refused permission to broach
his substitute, and falling to get the
approval of the house when C. H.
Jones, of Oklahoma, appealed from
the parliamentary decision of tho
moderator, Dr. MePheeters finally
gained the floor on a question of per
sonal privilege.
Personalities Injected.
It was then that personalities were
injected into his dispute with the
moderator. Expresisng his high per
sonal regard for Dr. Lyons, Dr. Me
Pheeters said:
“But he can not change the rules
of procedure under which the As
sembly works. All that is necesasry
to reduce this gathering to one sim-
ila rto a political convention with its
steam roller methods, are actions such
as the moderator has taken, to forbid
discussion and rush to a vote a ques
tion upon which the Assembly is di
vided, without an opportunity for
discussion by those opposing it.”
He was interrupted by the gavel of
Moderator Lyons.
“I will call the doctor or order,"
said the moderator. “What he Is say
ing is a reflection on the personal in
tegrity of the moderator, and I rannot
listen to it with equanimity. The
doctor can not continue."
Dr. MePheeters turned and faced
Continued on Page 2, Column 4.
Turkey Trotter at
Tybee Faces Trial
SAVANNAH, GA., May 22.—John
Roan, a prominent young man, was
arrested while dancing with a girl in
the pavilion at Tybee because of his
persistence in doing tho turkey trot,
bunny hug and other prohibited dance
steps. He was led away to jail, leav
ing his companion alone on the ball
room floor.
Roan disregarded a sign conspicu
ously posted in the pavilion, stating
that these steps were prohibited. He
was warned by officers, but paid no
attention to them.
Roan’s friends Anally succeeded in
bdlling him out. He will appear be
fore the Town Council of Tybee
charged with disorderly conduct.
Georgian’s Grandson
On Arctic Expedition
SAVANNAH, GA., May 22.—Mrs.
W. D. Waples, of this city, has gone
to Washington to say good-bye to her
grandson, Lieutenant Fltshugh Green,
who Is about to leave for a three-year
trip in the Arctic regions with a spe
cial expedition of the National Geo
graphic Society for the purpose of
studying the topography of the land
and the history of the people In a
part of the Icebound regions of the
Far North.
Lieutenant Green is from St. Jo
seph. Mo., where his father, Charles
E. Green, son of Mrs. Waples, and
formerly a Savannahan, has resided
since his marriage years ago.
Crowds Rush to Formal Opening
of Atlanta's ‘Beach’—Jennie
Perkerson Watches Others.
Just as old Sol shot his golden rays
above the horizon, two dull splashes
in the limpid waters of Piedmont
Park sounded, marking the formal
opening of that resort for the sum
mer.
Pretty Lillian Smith and her fair
sister, Frances, in chic bathing cos
tumes plunged downward from the
springboard in the new lake. The
waters shot upward high for the first
time. And thus was re-christened the
pool which will form Atlanta's play
ground for the summer months.
Dan Carey on Honeymoon.
As the young day grew, the crowds
increased. Spectators began to gath
er on the grassy banks. Various per
sons began to ask for Dan Carey, the
General Manager of Parks, who start
ed the public bathing there years ago.
Dave Gillespie answered:
“He's on his honeymoon.”
More than 500 enjoyed the first
day’s bathing. The weather was warm
and the water was fine, and every
body was right in the swim.
Among the early morning specta
tors was Jennie Perkerson, the 11-
year-old girl who won all the races
last year. She was on hand at 5
o’clock, but was without her bathing
suit, and therefore stayed on the bank.
Two lifesavers were on duty, the
same as in midseason. Lifesaver Mc
Dermott ypent the entire morning
diving, springing as far as possible
with only one foot to leap with. “He's
a fine lifesaver," said Superintendent
Gillespie. “He gets over the water
fast because he has only one leg to
carry."
“Three men have kept tab on the
number of bathers, and they have
counted up nearly 500," said Gillespie.
“There’ll be fully that many by the
time you get back to town. This is a
better record than opening morning
last year, when we’had only about 250.
School Children In.
“I’m looking for 500 school children
this afternoon, for they like the place.
The season has started in fine shape,
and I believe it will be the bathing
lake’s most popular year."
At noon 42,000,000 gallons of water
had been run into the lake and it still
was ten inches below the normal
mark. The city chemist went out and
took away a sample bottle for an
alysis. The analysis* is hardly more
than a formality, since the lake Is suf
ficiently large for the water to purify
itself.
Ball ‘Trust/ Inquiry
Resolution Not Dead
WASHINGTON, May 22.—Repre
sentative Gallagher, of Illinois, denied
to-day that his resolution for an in
vestigation of the so-called basebail
tru«t was dead.
There have been reports, Gallagher
admitted, that the House Rules Com
mittee, to which his resolution has
been referred, was hostile. He de
clared, nevertheless, that he would
press for a public hearing.
“I have some evidence that will
open their eyes,” he declared.
OR LEE
Understood That Cases Will Be
Brought Separately, With One
Accused as Accomplice,
DORSEY PLANS TO BLOCK
ANY DEFENSE TESTIMONY
Prosecutor Ready to Present the
, Strongest Evidence—Vote of
Twelve to Decide Action,
Solicitor General rtugh M. Dorsey
announced Thursday afternoon that
he was prepared to go before the
Grand Jury Friday morning with his
strongest evidence In the case of Leo
M. Frank and Newt Lee, held in con
nection with the murder of Mary Pha-
gan.
Although Mr. Dorsey would not dis
cuss the form in which the cases
would be presented, it was reliably
stated they would be heard separate
ly and the charge against one would
be that he was an accessory to the
fact.
Neither of the defendants will go
before the Jury. Mr. Dorsey said that
In the event any move was made to
introduce evidence for the defense he
was-prepared to block it. He said he
had looked up Supreme Court de
cisions on this question, because when
the Grand Jury was asked to indict
Dr. W. H. Gillem for beating W. H.
Johnson the jury in his absence had
allowed Dr. Gillem to come before It,
which, he said, was contrary to all
laiv.
Twelve to Govern Action.
The opinion of 12 of the 21 Jury
men will govern the action of* the
body. There can be no minority, said
the Solicitor. If 12 of the men indict
or decline to indict, the other jurors
have to sign the “true” or “no bill"
with the 12. Eighteen of the 21 con
stitute a quorum.
The Solicitor said it would be
possible to present all the evidence in
one day, and that it might be neces
sary to carry the investigation ovqr
into the next week. He said, how
ever, that it was not improbable the
strongest evidence he had would be
presented the first day, and If the jury
considered it sufficiently strong. It
could return an indictment without
hearing the other evidence. /
Gets Finger Print Evidence.
He said for the last few days his
case had been complete, with the ex
ception of preparing the testimony
accumulated and some later impor
tant facts brought out by finger-print
and handwriting experts. Several
witnesses, whose identity has been
carefully guarded, would give evi
dence that no one outside of his of-*
flee was aware of. said the Solicitor*
C. W. Tobie, of the Burns Agency,
stated Thursday afternoon that he
was making the most satisfactory
progress. He said It was only a ques
tion of a few more days when he
would have the case in a definite, tan
gible shape.
The Solicitor would not discuss the
findings of P. A. Flak, the finger-print
expert from New York, other than to
say that nothing had developed from
it that would make him contemplate
a change in his plan to present the
cases to the Grand Jury Friday.
Burns Forces Augmented.
The Burn^ forces have been aug
mented by a finger-print and hand
writing expert and another detective.
The three were closeted with the ne
gro, Newt Lee, for more than an hour
Wednesday. Neither would discuss
the Interview.
L. J. Fletcher, Bertillon expert at
the Federal prison, was drawn into
the case by Solicitor Dorsey Wednes
day.
Mr. Fletcher Is a handwriting ex
pert as well. He has been connected
with the Government for several
yeara and has made an intimate
study of criminology. He worked
with Mr. Dorsey’s expert, Flak, when
he examined articles for finger prints
at the Solicitor’s office Wednesday
night.
Department and Pinkerton detect*
ives are conducting a relentless
search for the missing mesh bag Mary
Phagan carried to the factory witll
her when she received her pay. r£
it is found they expect it to prove on^
of the most important bits of evte
dence for the State.
City detectives have been assigned
the task of locating the young worn*